CMA's Fan Fair X will also return to the Music City Center, with performances on multiple stages, appearances and Q&A sessions with country stars and the Fan Fair X Marketplace. Tickets to Fan Fair X are $10 per day or $25 for four days. Children 8 and under are admitted free. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster at Ticketmaster.com or the CMA Music Festival Box Office by calling 1-800-CMA-FEST (262-3378.)

Two of country music’s most popular male singers recently made major album announcements.

Eric Church

Luke Bryan plans to release his spring break-themed digital EP “Spring Break 6 … Like We Ain’t Ever” on March 11. The album contains six songs Bryan co-wrote.

As in years past, Bryan will play two free concerts at Spinnaker Beach Club in Panama City, Fla. The 2014 dates are March 11-12. This is the sixth consecutive year for the shows, which last year drew 120,000 fans over two days.

Meanwhile, Eric Church is celebrating the success of the album he just put out. His much-anticipated “The Outsiders” sold 287,688 copies its first week in stores, landing it at the top of Billboard’s Top 200 and country albums charts.

Singer/Songwriter Eric Church celebrates the release of his new album "The Outsiders" with The Outsiders Live Tour at the Buckhead Theatre on February 14, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

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When he played Bridgestone Arena Saturday night, Urban took the stage before 9 p.m. and didn’t retreat backstage for good until after 11:30 p.m.

He brought fans on stage. He serenaded one lucky young woman from Nashville with a song of her choosing as she sat in a recliner with her feet propped up in his spotlight. He walked through the audience several times. He shook hands, signed autographs, gave hugs, called people "baby," handed out a guitar, used a hand-held spotlight to see the audience, took his band to play on a stage at the back of the arena, led sing-alongs, and delivered hours of hit songs.

All of it was in an effort to get even closer to the people that have filled seats at his shows and kept him at the top of the country radio airplay charts since his debut solo album 15 years ago.

And he did it in a way that made people believe there was no place he would rather be.

“It is the absolute last night of our 'Light the Fuse Tour,' " Urban told the sold-out arena near the beginning of his show. “I know a lot of people have been traveling to a lot of shows. We might be a bit late tonight -- a little later than normal.”

Gregg Allman performed at All My Friends: Celebrating The Songs and Voice of Gregg Allman on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 in Atlanta, Ga. (Photo by Dan Harr/Invision/AP)

ATLANTA (AP) - An all-star lineup of musicians feted Gregg Allman Friday night at a tribute concert heralding the southern rock luminary and the blues rock that influenced many artists to follow his band's early 1970s success.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Clear Channel Media and Entertainment got such an overwhelming response to country music performers during the iHeartRadio Music Festivals, they've decided to start one geared toward country fans.

Clear Channel is giving listeners across its more than 120 country stations a chance to win their way to Austin when a six-week promotion kicks off next week.

Other artists scheduled to perform include Hunter Hayes and Jake Owen with more to be announced later. Fans who can't attend can watch the festival via stream on the websites of Clear Channel and its stations.

Before the Country Music Hall of Famer’s death in April at age 81, he and his management were planning a Nov. 22 farewell concert at the Nashville venue with dozens of guest performers — friends that he couldn’t stand to leave out of the occasion.

Soon, that final concert before Jones’ retirement turned into a tribute to the late country legend, and the guestlist only grew.